Rice Porridge

 Baby food-Rice porridge

RICE PORRIDGE(ARISI KANJI)


FOR 6 MONTH OLD BABY : FIRST SOLID FOOD



INGREDIENTS:

    RICE  -      2 CUPS
    FRIED CHANA DAL    -1/2 CUP (POTTUKADALAI)
    JAGGERY AS PER TASTE

1. Preferably buy boiled rice.  Boiled rice is good for tiny stomach and healthy too.
Soak Rice for 3 hours.

2. Dry it in sunlight .

3. Dry roast rice called it as poriarisi in tamil,which it splutters and turns brownish in colour.

4. Add fried channa dal with roasted rice.

5. Mixture to be grinded in mix-grind or in food mill.  Both gives good in fine powder. Store it in airtight jar at room temparature.  This mixture is ready to prepare porridge for small babies

6. Take 2 and half spoons of this powder mix with water.  Make sure it fo free of lumps.  Add a pinch of jaggery (boil in little water and filter it for removing dust particles) for iron content and for taste.  Cook for 5 mins and serve it in semi solid consistency.